Author: Nick Green

Davenport, IA – According to the statement, all staff, students and visitors will need to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. Officials say that this is because the CDC has designated Dubuque County with a high level of COVID-19 community transmission. The county reported 193 active COVID-19 cases last week. The officials have reported that Clarke University has students coming from almost 30 different states and 20 different countries, so it’s important to take these mitigation measures. They are reinstating a mask mandate because they noticed it did help them out last year.

Twitter drew fire from critics who noted that allowing the Taliban to remain on the platform stood in contrast with the company’s January move to impose a lifetime ban on former President Donald Trump. That’s right, Twitter is refusing to join TikTok and Facebook and ban the Taliban from using its platform. A spokesman for the company sidestepped the question, saying in a statement it would “continue to proactively enforce its rules on the glorification of violence, platform manipulation and spam.” The statement also took a moment to sell the company as a communication platform, saying it was “witnessing people in…

Waterloo, IA – According to the court documents, his name is Mar’yo Doyuan Lindsey and he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm as a felon in March 2021. The 26-year-old man was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. His vehicle was stopped by Iowa State Patrol for speeding, where an ISP Trooper found a high-capacity magazine loaded with ammunition for a Canik firearm. He is in U.S. Marshal’s custody until he can be moved to federal prison.

Davenport, IA – According to statement, all vendors at the Iowa State Fair were required to buy and use a new cash register system – Clover. Officials say that the model that most vendors are using cost up to $750. The contactless option is the best thing about this model. Other features of Clover include: paperless receipts, inventory management and sale tracking with item level reporting.  The organizers say they will take the CDC’s guidance into consideration and they plan to let families decide if they want to wear masks. Gary Slater, Manager at Iowa State Fair, said: “The CDC is not…

IOWA – According to the court documents, his name is Jason M. Rottman and he was arrested in October for trying to convince two children who were playing outside in Rock Island to get into his car. The parents of the victims said that the children were playing in the front yard of their house when the suspect pulled up across the street and tried to lure the children into his vehicle. The suspect started to run after them, the parents said. He was found guilty and sentenced to 180 days in jail with credit for time already served while waiting for his trial,…

Davenport, IA – According to the police officials, his name is Terry Curry and he also faces a possession of a controlled-substance charge. Police say the 45-year-old man used a screwdriver to start the truck. Officers stopped the suspect around 1:15 a.m. Monday, while he was driving a Dodge pickup truck with incorrect license plates. Davenport Police Department officers found a small plastic bag with less than a gram of methamphetamine in his shorts pocket. Police say the truck was stolen and he used a screwdriver to start the ignition because he had no key. Curry was arrested and is being held on…

According to the police officials, the 26-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of his ex-wige. He was being held Tuesday in lieu of $1 million cash bail. Police say he shot his ex-wife three times, walked to his car, then calmly returned and fired again, according to court records. Home surveillance cameras captured the killing. His name is Christopher A. Turner and police say he shot and killed his ex-wife when she arrived there to pick up their 3 children. The children are 2-year-old Christina, 5-year-old Logan and 6-year-old Levi. The children were asleep in…

IOWA – According to the statement, Hy-Vee offers both the Pfizer and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Iowa State Fair. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is available to individuals 12 years of age and older. Janssen vaccines are available for individuals 18 years of age and older, and require a single-dose injection. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires two doses that should be administered at least 21 days apart. About a hundred people have been vaccinated at the fair so far, and the surge of the delta variant is the driving force behind the inoculations. Hy-Vee will set up shop near the Grand Avenue…